Buchanan's Journal of Man, February 1887: Volume 1, Number 1
Philosophy
Buchanan's Journal of Man, February 1887: Volume 1, Number 1
Medicine -- Periodicals; Phrenology -- Periodicals; Science -- Periodicals
MOUNG PHOSET, and his old mother, MAHPHOON, whose pictures are here
given, are now in London on exhibition. They were the hairy family of
King Theebaw of Burmah, and when Theebaw was captured by the British
army, they escaped to the jungle, where they were robbed by Dacoits,
but were recovered by Captain Piperno, and brought to England. Moung
Phoset, like his mother, has his face and entire body covered by long,
fine hair, from five to twelve inches long, which even fills the ears,
and on the forehead is so long that it has to be drawn back over the
ears to uncover the eyes. He is an intelligent and well-behaved man,
and has a fair Burmese education. His wife, however, is a common
Burmese woman. Moung Phoset, having no children, is the last of a
hairy species, which it is said, originated in his great grandfather,
who was caught wild in the forest between Upper Burmah and Siam.
Hairy irregularities, according to Darwin, are associated with
irregularities of the teeth. In Moung Phoset the molar teeth are
deficient.
BUSINESS DEPARTMENT.
The BUSINESS DEPARTMENT of the Journal deserves the attention of all
its readers, as it will be devoted to matters of general interest and
real value. The treatment of the opium habit by Dr. Hoffman is
original and successful. Dr. Hoffman is one of the most gifted members
of the medical profession. The electric apparatus of D. H. Fitch is
that which I have found the most useful and satisfactory in my own
practice. Bovinine I regard as occupying the first rank among the food
remedies which are now so extensively used. The old drug house of B.
O. & G. C. Wilson needs no commendation; it is the house upon which I
chiefly rely for good medicines, and does a very large business with
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Flower, is conducted with ability and good taste, making an
interesting family paper, containing valuable hygienic and medical
instruction, at a remarkably low price. It is destined to have a very
extensive circulation. I have written several essays in commendation
of the treatment of disease by oxygen gas, and its three compounds,
nitrous oxide, per-oxide and ozone. What is needed for its general
introduction is a convenient portable apparatus. This is now furnished
by Dr. B. M. Lawrence, at Hartford, Connecticut. A line addressed to
him will procure the necessary information in his pamphlet on that
subject. He can be consulted free of charge.
The spiritual newspapers, The Banner, The Religio-Philosophical
Journal, Light for Thinkers, Golden Gate, Carrier Dove, and World's
Advance Thought, embody a large amount of the leading truths of the
age. He who does not read one of them robs himself of instruction and
pleasure. Facts is just what its name indicates, a concise collection
of interesting spiritual facts. Hall's Journal of Health has an
established reputation, and of late is better conducted than ever.
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